The Emerging Recognition of Universal Civil Jurisdiction

Donald Francis Donovan 

Independent 

Anthea Roberts 

London School of Economics - Law Department 

January 1, 2006

American Journal of International Law, Vol. 100, p. 142, 2006 

Abstract:

This paper traces the emerging recognition of universal civil jurisdiction, which is a doctrine that would permit victims of the most serious violations of international law to bring tort claims for damages in any national jurisdiction, regardless of the location of the conduct or the nationality of the victim or defendant. We examine the rationale for such a doctrine, the existence of state practice in support of and against, and the appropriate limitations that might operate on the exercise of such jurisdiction.

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